The worst places to live in East Anglia
In one of the “boutique shops” on the High Street (between a Costa and a charity shop), they sell mugs that say “I’m terribly posh, I’m from Harpenden”. Clearly intended to be slightly tongue in cheek but in practice bought by people whose tongues are less in their cheeks and more worming into their own […]
Read More… from Harpenden – the smuggest town in the smuggest county
Hitchin, allegedly one of the happiest places to live in the country. That is, if you’re the sort of person that gains immense pleasure from sitting in a barber shop and admiring one’s self in the mirror. For sure the town centre is reasonably attractive, but it’s nothing compared to similar-size towns in other parts […]
I grew up in Hoddesdon and as a child and teenager it was alright. Close to woodland and countryside, some reasonable pubs, safe town. I moved away for a few years before returning in 2007 and initially was pleased to be returning to the town of my youth. The novelty quickly wore off. It took […]
A lot of locals still cling to the idea that Kings Langley is still a village. Well if it is, it’s a damned big village. Nestled between the quaint old fashioned villages of Watford and Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley to many people that don’t live here, is the traffic jam between the M25 and the […]
Read More… from Kings Langley: A Hertfordshire village of very little
I grew up near Watford, but as soon as I was old enough, I left to never return. Due to Covid 19 pandemic, I have been doing shopping for my parents who live in South Herts. This has meant trips to a large supermarket in Watford. When the town comes in to view from the […]
Read More… from Watford – Every day is the day of the living dead
I’ve lived in Bishop’s Stortford for the past seven years and the best words I can think of to describe the experience are “more frustrating than a spoon with a hole in it”. The thing is, it could be a perfectly nice town with just a bit of care and thought. It certainly looks nice […]
Read More… from Bishop’s Stortford – The Planner’s Dream Goes Wrong
Emerging just centimetres from the cancerous smog of junction 17 on the M25, sits an old council estate going by the mind-bendingly imaginative name of Mill End. It nestles, like an infected yellow head, on the boarder of South West Herts and South Bucks, and breeds toothless simpletons, social disease and gonorrhoea like a scene […]
Read More… from Mill End: inches from the cancerous smog of junction 17 on the M25
Once upon a time, a celebrity was someone who has become famous for being exceptional at something, be it music, sport or film. Many of those who became a celebrity honed their craft at Borehamwood’s famous Elstree Studios. Today, a celebrity is anyone prepared to get their private parts out on television, preferably while being […]
So what has changed? Well not a lot really Budgens closed in 2005 and was replaced by M&S, which has demoted the working of Tesco till’s to profession of choice for the scary looking oddballs of Tring. Crime is on the up,,the ***** of yesteryear are all but grown up (physically) and have spawned at […]
I lived in Stevenage for just over 30 years. I went to school, worked and ‘got around’ the town on a daily basis and got to learn the lay of the land and how it changed from an early age. Growing up in St. Nicholas, the Oval was a don’t go area, the ‘oval mob’ […]
Read More… from Stevenage is a town where you keep your head down when walking
Where do i start with Baldock? It’s a town with a lot of history due to it being a roman settlement many years ago. There is a market that not many people go to every Thursday, but it’s good the the tradition keeps going. As for the town high street itself, it’s mainly pubs. A […]
Read More… from Baldock: better than the surrounding areas but still not the best
Sleezy old Letchworth. Dear oh dear. I’ve lived in Letchworth for eight years now and what I’ve witnessed over the years is incredible. Head into town on a Friday night and find yourself staring at groups of the local teenagers who believe they’re high end drug dealers carrying knives down the front of their trousers. […]
